Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

The decision to serve needs to be independent of your politics.

I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.

I'm a pretty serious Independent.

I'm not a member of a political party, and I feel very, very comfortable being independent. Even if I weren't a journalist - if I were doing whatever - I would be an independent.

I was never someone that was attached to any party. You know, I've always been an independent person. I'd like to remain like that.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.

The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.

My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.

I don't follow waves or trends or emotions.

Anybody who has followed my political career will see that I am unsought and unbossed.

I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.

We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.

I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

We want to be absolutely clear to the people what we are about. No backroom deals whatsoever and we're not going to be held back by any other political parties.

What is important to me is that I'm not accountable to and not controlled by party leadership. At the end of the day, I'm able to make my own decisions according to what's best for the community and the constituents I represent. It doesn't depend on what the partisanship is to the right or to the left.

There are a large number of institutions in this country which we should not politicise.

I'm not someone else's mouthpiece. I'm not carrying water for anyone - whether that's the GOP, Fox News, or Christianity. I'm not doing anyone else's dirty work.

The Yesees said yes to anything That anyone suggested. The Noees said no to everything Unless it was proven and tested. So the Yesees all died of much too much And the Noees all died of fright, But somehow I think the Thinkforyourselfees All came out all right.

Don't let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.

I don't turn to anyone for advice. I do what I want.